Unless you're interested in startups generally.
Or if you want to learn about new companies.
But really only if you're interested in learning about hot new spaces in trends, yea then it's ok.
Or if you want to see what external thought leaders have to say, reading on the weekends is ok.
But don't read it for funding.
Unless you're looking for funding, then maybe it's ok to read it to help you narrow your investor pitch focus by seeing who is active and wear.
But certainly don't read it for product. Yeah, that'd be stupid.
Unless, and only unless, you want to see what early adopters who see more new products in a month then most people do in a year have to say about new technology, trends and spaces.
On second thought, yea read TechCrunch.
Just be a good enough entrepreneur to know that reading or not reading TechCrunch won't make or break your company, and is a really lame scapegoat.
The only thing that will make or break your company is you and your idea.